25-07-2011

PRESS RELEASE: The 58th Pula Film Festival Prize Winners

    16-23 July 2011 National Festival

    9-23 July 2011 International Festival


    Prize winners of the 58th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr)


    National Competition Programme Jury

    Jury: Živorad Tomić, film critic and director - president, Goran Dević, screenwriter and director, Stanko Herceg, cinematographer, Nataša Janjić, actress, Vladimir Tadej, screenwriter and director


    NATIONAL PROGRAMME - minority co-productions section

    Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Sven Pepeonik for the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec

    Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Polona Juh for the role of Hana in the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec

    Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Metod Pevec for the film Good Night, Missy

    NATIONAL PROGRAMME - main section

    The Breza Award by Vjesnik for best debutant director goes to Daniel Kušan for the film Koko and the Ghosts


    Special Golden Arena for Special Effects goes to the film Josef by Stanislav Tomić


    Special Golden Arena for Sound goes to Frano Homen for the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić


    Special Arena for Best Make-Up goes to Ana Bulajić Črček for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda


    Golden Arena for Best Costume Design goes to Barbara Bourek for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda

    Golden Arena for Best Art Direction goes to Iva Hušnjak for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda


    Golden Arena for Best Music goes to Dinko Appelt for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan

    Golden Arena for Best Editing goes to Slaven Zečević for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan

    Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Vanja Černjul for the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić

    Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Supporting Role goes to Boris Buzančić for the role of Grandpa in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić


    Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Leading Role goes to Draško Zidar for the role of Mirko in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić

    Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Supporting Role goes to Iva Mihalić for the role of Sister in the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić


    Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Mirela Brekalo Popović for the role of Ana in the film Kotlovina by Tomislava Radića


    Golden Arena for Best Screenplay goes to Tomislav Radić for the film Kotlovina


    Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Dalibor Matanić for the film Daddy


    Grand Golden Arena for Best Film goes to Tomislav Radić, producer of the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić


    Hypo Banka grants a prize amounting to HRK 30,000.00 to Tomislav Radić, the director of the film Kotlovina

    II. Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award

    Voting for the National Programme screened in the Arena, the audience granted the Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award to the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan, produced by Inter Film Zagreb, average score 4.78.

    Koko and the Ghosts, dir. Danijel Kušan (4.78); Blurs, dir. Aldo Tardozzi (4.52); Piran-Pirano, dir. Goran Vojnović (4.51); Step by Step, dir. Biljana Čakić-Veselič


    National Programme:

    a) main section (10 films)

    Lea and Darija, dir. Branko Ivanda, Koko and the Ghosts, dir. Danijel Kušan, Daddy, dir. Dalibor Matanić, Blurs, dir. Aldo Tardozzi, Little Gypsy Witch, dir.Tomislav Žaja, Kotlovina, dir. Tomislav Radić, 7seX7, dir. Irena Škorić, Step by Step, dir. Biljana Čakić-Veselič, Darkness, dir. Dan Oki, Josef, dir. Stanislav Tomić.

    b) minority co-productions section (6 films)

    Room 304, dir. Brigitte Staermose, The Enemy, dir. Dejan Zečević, Good Night, Missy, dir. Metod Pevec, Belvedere, dir. Ahmed Imamović, Piran-Pirano, dir. Goran Vojnović.

    International Programme (21 films)

    Carlos, dir. Olivier Assayas, Casino Jack, dir. George Hickenlooper, Silent Sonata, dir. Janez Burger, The Double Hour (La doppia ora), dir. Giuseppe Capotondi, We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam), dir. Nanni Moretti, I Am Love (Io sono l'amore), dir. Luca Guadagnino, The Housemaid (Housemaid), dir. Im Sangsoo, Mothers (Majki), dir. Milčo Mančevski, Melancholia (Melancolia), dir. Lars von Trier, A Quiet Life (Una vita tranquilla), dir. Claudio Cupellini, Montevideo, Taste of a Dream, dir. Dragan Bjelogrlić, Nader and Simin, a Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin), dir. Asghar Farhadi, Leaving (Odcházení), dir. Vaclav Havel, Last Night (Last Night), dir. Massy Tadjedin, Skinning, dir. Stevan Filipović, Trophy Wife (Potiche), dir. François Ozon, Three (Drei), dir. Tom Tykwer, Service Entrance (Les femmes du 6ème étage), dir. Philippe Le Guay, Made in Dagenham (Made in Dagenham), dir. Nigel Cole, Come Undone (Cosa voglio di piu), dir. Silvio Soldini, Sacrifice (Sacrifice), dir. Chen Kaige

    Short Films Programme (20 films)

    Adieu, N, dir. Barbara Vekarić, Fucking Game, dir. David Kapac, Fucking Game, dir. Daina Oniunas Pusić, Fucking Game, dir. Josip Žuvan, You Bitch!, dir. Sonja Tarokić, Us in the Sun, dir. Neda Radić, Nina, Please, dir. Barbara Vekarić, A Night for Two, dir. Filip Mojzeš, First!, dir. Silva Ćapin, The First Time, dir. Neven Dužanec, Room Service, dir. Neda Radić, We Just Kissed, dir. Kristina Vuković, Straight Pool, dir. Filip Šovagović, Happy Birthday Marija, dir. Ivana Škrabalo, That's Life, dir. Saša Dodik, Lullaby, dir. Jadran Puharić, Hanging Flowers, dir. Ivica Mušan, Zagorski specijalitet, dir. David Kapac, Winter, dir. Denis Lepur and Marko Stanić, Chill, dir. Hana Jušić

    Children's Film Programme Pulica- Screenings for Children (9 films)

    The Red Balloon and White Mane, dir. Albert Lamorisse, The Gruffalo, dir. Max Lang i Jakob Schuh, The Crocodiles, dir. Christian Ditter, Molly in Springtime, dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon, Going Our Way, dir. Miha Hočevar, The Ugly Duckling, dir. Garri Bardin, The Secret of an Old Attic, dir. Vladimir Tadej, A Cat in Paris, dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alan Gagnol